The Oldest Record in Track Turns 43 This Week. It May Not See 44.
Jarmila Kratochvílová’s 800m mark of 1:53.28 has outlasted every other record in the sport since July 26, 1983. For the first time in a generation, two women are close enough to threaten it.
Track and Field
Josh Kerr’s Record Spike Was Built to Work at Only One Pace
Brooks engineered the one-off Hyperion 222 around eight years of Josh Kerr’s biomechanical data, inside World Athletics’ 20-millimeter cap, and got it approved days before he ran 3:42.66. Its lead developer says running slowly in it would “feel awful.”
Elite Runners
Keely Hodgkinson Won Her First Duel With Femke Broeders-Bol. The Margin Was a Quarter Second.
The Olympic champion took the London Diamond League 800m in 1:56.21 on Saturday, with the converted hurdler 0.25 seconds behind and a European Championships rematch three weeks away.
Track and Field
Beyond Kerr’s World Record: Everything Else That Went Down On The London Track
Josh Kerr’s 3:42.66 mile was the headline, but the London Diamond League track program also delivered an 800m upset of Emmanuel Wanyonyi, meeting records for Julien Alfred and Ja’Kobe Tharp, and a home win for Keely Hodgkinson.
Track and Field
Why Josh Kerr’s Mile Record Won’t Get 27 Years
The last time the mile record fell after a long stagnation, it fell four more times within four years. The forces that protected 3:43.13 for a generation have now collapsed in public.
Track and Field
Josh Kerr Proved Records Can Be Engineered. Rivals Can’t Be.
Project 222 carried the Breaking2 playbook into a sanctioned race and came away with a world record. The ingredient that made it history was the one nobody could manufacture.
Jessy Carveth
A Central Park Runner Woke From Her Coma. Her Family Says Police Still Aren’t Investigating.
Jean, 43, suffered a traumatic brain injury when an e-bike rider hit her from behind on West Drive on July 7. She has since woken from a coma, but no ticket or charge has been reported, and her family says there is no investigation.
The Anatomy of Josh Kerr’s 3:42.66
The official splits from London show a 54.9 final lap, a second half faster than the first, and a 1,500m passed as quickly as Kerr has ever raced one.
Track and Field
Josh Kerr Takes Down the Mile World Record That Stood for 27 Years
The 28-year-old ran 3:42.66 at the London Diamond League on Saturday, taking nearly half a second off Hicham El Guerrouj’s 1999 mark. Yared Nuguse finished second in 3:45.69.
Track and Field
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